National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction

Bestseller List for July 21, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending July 17, 2011
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. A Dance With Dragons- Debut
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $35, 9780553801477
The highly anticipated fifth book of Martin's epic fantasy, A Song of Ice and Fire.
/1
2. State of Wonder
Ann Patchett, Harper, $26.99, 9780062049803
The provocative new novel, set deep in the Amazon jungle, by the author of Bel Canto is a June Indie Next List Great Read.
1/6
3. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine , $25, 9780345521309
This new novel about the marriage of Ernest and Hadley Richardson Hemingway is a March Indie Next List Great Read.
2/21
4. Maine
J.Courtney Sullivan, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307595126
By turns wickedly funny and achingly sad, Maine unveils the sibling rivalry, alcoholism, social climbing, and Catholic guilt at the center of one family.
4/5
5. Before I Go to Sleep- Debut
S.J. Watson, Harper, $25.99, 9780062060556
Watson's enthralling novel about a woman whose memories are all forgotten every time she falls asleep is a July Indie Next List Great Read.
/1
6. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307269997
The stunning third and final novel in Larsson's bestselling Millennium Trilogy.
6/60
7. Smokin' Seventeen
Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $28, 9780345527684
New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is on a cold-blooded killer's list in Evanovich's latest comic thriller.
3/4
8. Caleb's Crossing
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021048
The evocative new novel by the author of People of the Book is a May Indie Next List Great Read.
5/11
9. The Last Werewolf- Debut
Glen Duncan, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307595089
Duncan's original tale of Jake, a werewolf who is the last of his species, is a July Indie Next List Great Read.
/1
10. The Tiger's Wife
Tea Obreht, Random House, $25, 9780385343831
Debut author Obreht tells a tale of myth and legend in this #1 Indie Next Great Read for March 2011.
7/19
11. Then Came You- Debut
Jennifer Weiner, Atria, $26.99, 9781451617726
A timely tale that interweaves themes of class and entitlement, surrogacy and donorship, the rights of a parent, and the measure of motherhood.
/1
12. The Snowman
Jo Nesbø, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307595867
Nesbø's latest thriller involving a search for a serial killer is a May Indie Next List Great Read.
8/10
13. Turn of Mind- Debut
Alice LaPlante, Atlantic Monthly, $24, 9780802119773
LaPlante's stunning debut novel about the deception and frailty of memory is a July Indie Next List Great Read.
/1
14. Now You See Her
James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316036214
A successful New York lawyer returns to Florida and confronts a murderous evil she fled many years ago.
10/3
15. Dreams of Joy
Lisa See, Random House, $26, 9781400067121
See's outstanding follow-up to her bestselling novel, Shanghai Girls.
13/7
ON THE RISE
18. Once Upon a River
Bonnie Jo Campbell, Norton, $25.95, 9780393079890
Campbell's unforgettable tale of a young girl's search for her vanished mother is a July Indie Next List Great Read.


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